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    City Council Appoints New Leadership to Committee on Land Use

    Committee Chair Appointments  •  Citywide

    Rafael Salamanca. Image Credit: www.salamanca.nyc

    The New Year brought new leadership to City Council committees and subcommittees. On January 11, 2018, new City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, announced the New York City Council committee chairs and leadership. City Council has 35 standing committees, which including the Committee on Land Use and Committee on Housing and Buildings.

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    Tags : Adrienne Adams, Ben Kallos, City Council, Corey Johnson, Francisco Moya, Landmarks Public Siting & Maritime Uses Subcommittee, Planning Dispositions & Concessions Subcommittee, Rafael Salamanca, Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee
    Date:01/23/2018
    Category : City Council
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    CPC Approves Proposed Brooklyn Heights Library Redevelopment Plan, Council Review Next

    Application  •  Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
    Rendering of Brooklyn Public Library development in Brooklyn Heights. Image credit: Marvel Architects

    Rendering of Brooklyn Public Library development in Brooklyn Heights. Image credit: Marvel Architects

    Developer would build new public library on the ground floor of a mixed-use development and construct off-site affordable housing.  On November 2, 2015, the City Planning Commission approved the Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ and Brooklyn Public Library’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure applications to reconstruct the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on the base level of a mixed-use building.  A public hearing was held on the proposal on September 22, 2015.  (See previous CityLand coverage here.)

     

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    Tags : Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Public Library, City Council, City Planning Commission, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Land Use Committee, Planning Dispositions & Concessions Subcommittee
    Date:11/12/2015
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Council Member Stephen Levin: Bringing the City Council to the People

    Stephen Levin
    Stephen Levin, District 33 Council Member. Credit: Official NYC Council Photo by William Alatriste.

    Stephen Levin, District 33 Council Member. (Official NYC Council Photo by William Alatriste)

    District 33 – Brooklyn Heights, Greenpoint, parts of Williamsburg, Park Slope, Boerum Hill

    Council Member Stephen Levin grew up just outside of New York City, in Plainfield, New Jersey. He knew he wanted to be in Brooklyn even while he was attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. To get there though, he dabbled with various jobs including working as a waiter (he was fired), a book store clerk, and an artist’s assistant. About a year after graduation from Brown, he was living in Bushwick, Brooklyn and starting his political career, although maybe he didn’t quite know it at the time. He got his first advocacy experience at the Lead Safe House Program in Brooklyn, which gets children with elevated lead levels out of danger and into a safe space. Levin ran the program and worked with families and building owners from across the borough, as well as State and City agencies. He also helped families tackle various other issues, such as education and health, during their stay at the Lead Safe House. Seeing families through a sometimes difficult bureaucratic process, he couldn’t help but make the connection between government policy and effective direct service. It was here that he first thought that if the opportunity to actually conceive and implement good policies presented itself, he would take it.

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    Tags : Brooklyn Council District 33, City Council's Land Use Committee, Participatory Budgeting, Planning Dispositions & Concessions Subcommittee, Rose Plaza on the River, Stephen Levin
    Date:03/07/2013
    Category : CityLand Profiles
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